My property borders an appartment complex on one side. Near my far back corner, there's a back porch for a unit. About a year ago, a tenant moved in there and began throwing peanutes out thier back porch to feed the invasive eastern gray squirrels that inhabit Portland.
I thought the squirrels we bad - I basically cannot have any potted plants since they take these peanuts and bury them and uproot or eat my plants. I've also had to trap 5 or 6 of them out of a small tool shed until I determined how they were getting in.
But this last winter, I've been fighting rats too! in the previous 6 years I've lived here, I've never seen any evidence AT ALL of rats. None. This year, I trapped about 15 of them out of my shop, where they've done hundreds of dollars in damage to the structure and the contents, not to mention made my project car stink like them. My shop is in the back corner very near where this lady throws her peanuts around.
I've asked this lady if she was feeding the squirrels, and she flatly denied it... I've seen her do it, so that was a lie. This is the type of person who sits on her back porch and talks to the squirrels... I doubt she'll stop willingly. I might try to convince her to put them out in a tray that she takes in at night.
I called the apartment complex and asked if they could have her stop, and they said they don't really care.
Anyway, what other recourse do I have for this kind of thing?